Emulsify the tapenade

Place a jug or a bowl on top of your Thermomix lid and weigh in the olive oil. With the blades of the Thermomix running at Speed 4 and the measuring cup turned bottom up, slowly pour the olive oil onto the lid and let it drip through the gap until fully incorporated. This will take about a minute. Stop and scrape the sides of the Thermomix bowl with the spatula.

Taste and add freshly ground pepper. Mix again 10 seconds/Speed 4. Turn out into a pretty bowl and serve with crudités, crusty French bread, or Bernie Brennan’s Almond and Seed Crackers, or spread it on your next leg of lamb.

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With its deep, complex flavours, Tapenade is delightful served in several ways, including spread on wholesome, chewy French bread and as a dip for crudités. It combines with lamb for a match made in heaven and can be used as a basting spread/rub for your leg or shoulder of lamb. Some firm-fleshed, flavoursome fish also stands up to black olive tapenade; at my restaurant Le Bistro du Lac in the USA I would drop a spoonful into a garlic cream sauce for grilled loin or sautéed medallions of monkfish and serve it over fresh pasta - which of course you can make in your Thermomix. Delicious!

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Comments

Woo hoo! Great to hear back

Woo hoo! Great to hear back from you! And how delicious does steamed chicken breast with Patricia Wells' tapenade sound? You can also pound the chicken breasts, place them on cling film/plastic wrap and roll them into ballotins before steaming. Gorgeous ! Check out the technique here: http://www.whyisthereair.com/2012/06/01/lamb-roly-poly/

Have tried to respond to this

Have tried to respond to this , but for whatever reason have not been able no matter how hard I hit my iPad ......yay ,I can now , awesome meal and about to make the tapenade again to put in between 2 chicken breasts ,wrap in baking paper and steam ......will let you know how I go...

So how was your

So how was your lamb, Mich2013? Whenever I use Patricia Wells' black olive tapenade as a rub for my lamb legs and shoulders, no one can get enough Let us know how your grey nomad parents liked it, please!

Wow I was looking forward to

Wow I was looking forward to making this recipe that I stumbled onto just after I bought a lamb shoulder and then saw that you can use it as a rub. I tasted it this afternoon amazing flavour and will be marinating my lamb tonight to slow cook tomorrow for my grey nomad parents as they pass through, it's sure to be a hit!!!

So glad you like this

So glad you like this recipe, Shellymush ! The real credit goes to the fabulous Patricia Wells for choosing gorgeous ingredients in great proportions, and then to our Best Friend in the Kitchen for making it so fast and easy to make tapenade. Enjoy!

And well done for growing and pickling your own olives. Wow! That's culinary dedication!

P.S. I just posted a dynamite

P.S. I just posted a dynamite recipe for Gluten free, grain free double chocolate cookies here on the Recipe Community that will make you swoon... Check it out and let me know just how delicious you think they are!